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    Shareez Assan
    Apr 19, 2019

    Arabian Green Bee-eater

    in  UAE - general birding

    Dear all,


    Recently I found out that the Green Bee-eaters found in this part of the world are subspecies named Arabian Green Bee-eater. Yet there are 2 types was found when i checked online. Merops cyanophrys and Merops muscatensis.

    So which one of these types are correct in UAE? or do we have both here?






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    Tommy Pedersen
    Apr 19, 2019

    I believe najdanus is generally included in muscatensis, depending on which taxonomy you are looking at:


    From HBW:




    From IOC:



    From Clements/eBird:


    From the UAE Checklist:




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    Shareez Assan
    Apr 20, 2019

    Thanks Tommy for the detailed information.

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